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Carl Austin (writer)
Rahila Gupta (writer)
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Release Date:
6 April 2007 (UK) more
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In prison she found freedom more
Plot:
It's the true story of a Punjabi woman named Kiranjit Ahluwalia who leaves India to marry a London-based guy, only to be badly abused. She ends up in prison for murdering her abusive husband. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Aishwarya Rai ... Kiranjit Ahluwalia

Miranda Richardson ... Veronica Scott

Naveen Andrews ... Deepak Ahluwalia

Ray Panthaki ... Ravi
Nandita Das ... Radha Dalal

Robbie Coltrane ... Lord Edward Foster
Raji James ... Solicitor Anil Gupta
Leena Dhingra ... Sheela Ahluwalia
Claire Louise Amias ... Young Nurse
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wendy Albiston ... Guard Miller
John Alford ... Chris Jones - Legal Aid Solicitor
Freya Berry ... Dr. Emma Stillman
Lorraine Bruce ... Doreen
Ashwani Chopra ... News Vendor

Karen Shenaz David ... Asha (as Karen David)
Maxine Finch ... Lula

Nicholas Irons ... Police Constable James O'Connell
Judith Jacob ... Guard Tyler
Shaheen Khan ... Jamila
Steve McFadden ... DS Ron Meyers
Deborah Moore ... Jackie
Harpreet Singh Nandra ... Sandeep D. Ahluwalia

Rahul Nath ... Doctor
Raoul Pattra ... Rajeev D. Ahluwalia

Rebecca Pidgeon ... Miriam
Naila Raza ... Kiranjit's sister
Marsha Rice ... Mrs. Byron

Guy Siner ... Prosecutor

Christina Thornton ... Commander Kate Halloran
Julie T. Wallace ... Gladys
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Provoked (UK) (short title)
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Runtime:
113 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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In order to appeal to those who don't speak English in India, the film was dubbed in Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu. more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Sensibly Conveyed, 7 October 2007
7/10
Author: trigger_jam from United States

What I found most compelling about this movie is the way in which the core subject matter of the husband abusing his wife was revealed to the audience. It didn't focus entirely on the actual act of abuse which is something the movie could've easily gone in the direction of. One might argue that showing the actual scenes might've garnered more sympathy for Kiranjit but I beg to differ. I think by showing glimpses of the violence and leaving much to the imagination the director has done well to extract genuine sympathy from his audience. I must also mention that Aishwarya Rai has portrayed this role earnestly and might perhaps be the peacock feather in her acting career. She was apt, didn't over or under act and perfectly exhibited the emotional trauma that Kiranjit might've actually been through. The movie was controlled realism, in it that it portrayed the story realistically but didn't go into the gory details, which I believe isn't necessary at all.

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